In May I bought a turntable off of Audiogon. Paypal provided me with a USPS tracking number. A few days later the USPS tracker showed me it was delivered to my front door.
Nope.
Contacted my local post office they tell me it the tracking number must be wrong because it involved a delivery to a different address in my town.
Reached out to seller via Audiogon and Paypal. No response. File a complaint with Audiigon and Paypal. I note that while the seller lists his address as new York, New York, the package was shipped from South Carolina.
Audiogon says gee, sorry, contact Paypal, and then immediately sends me a email survey on how well a job did they do in responding to me. Well, not well at all to say the least.
Paypal denies my claim. Says the seller provided a legitimate tracking number. Go back to my post office. The postmaster looks things over and shows that the package was delivered to another address, but, here's the kicker, the package weighs 9 ounces.
Well guess what. The turntable weighs 22lbs!
Paypal throws in the towel and I get my money back.
It's a fairly creative scam, but yet another thing to watch out for when buying online.
Nope.
Contacted my local post office they tell me it the tracking number must be wrong because it involved a delivery to a different address in my town.
Reached out to seller via Audiogon and Paypal. No response. File a complaint with Audiigon and Paypal. I note that while the seller lists his address as new York, New York, the package was shipped from South Carolina.
Audiogon says gee, sorry, contact Paypal, and then immediately sends me a email survey on how well a job did they do in responding to me. Well, not well at all to say the least.
Paypal denies my claim. Says the seller provided a legitimate tracking number. Go back to my post office. The postmaster looks things over and shows that the package was delivered to another address, but, here's the kicker, the package weighs 9 ounces.
Well guess what. The turntable weighs 22lbs!
Paypal throws in the towel and I get my money back.
It's a fairly creative scam, but yet another thing to watch out for when buying online.